[pantera]

I've also only been playing a few months, mostly to keep my son company while he's learning and for myself for the challenge.

I jam with a guitarist and I can tell you I had a lot of the same questions going in. But I stopped worrying and just did it. The first session was ok, but I struggled to understand how to play and when to do what. He gave me a few songs to learn for our next session and I listened and tried my hand at them, wrote out the notes (to my playing) and after a time got decent enough to play them all (in my own way).

I also asked to have the sessions ecorded and it was the best thing I could have done. I have 2 jam cd's now and I listen to them regularly. I quickly learned what I could have done better, where I was messing up, what bass or hi-hat pattern suited a song more than what I was using, etc.

You can rationalize a lot of stuff, and it doesn't hurt to think that way, but you will learn much quicker by jamming with one or more people. You will quickly learn how much you really know and what you need to learn to get better.